![]() ![]() ![]() Rising from the fog over the waters of Devil's Lake, Blackmore Island is home to the infamous summerhouse called Wild Fell. An unforgettable contemporary ghost story in the tradition of Henry James's The Turn of the Screw from the award-winning author of October. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. From the Sunburst and Aurora Award-nominated author of Enter, Night comes an unforgettable contemporary ghost story in the classic tradition of Henry James's The Turn of the Screw. ![]() It has been waiting for Jameson his whole life.or even longer. But what waits for him at the house is devoted to its darkness and guards it jealously. Jameson Browning, a man well acquainted with suffering, has purchased Wild Fell with the intention of beginning a new life, of letting in the light. ![]() For a hundred years, the townspeople of Alvina have prayed that the darkness inside Wild Fell would stay there, locked away from the light. Built for his family by a 19th-century politician of impeccable rectitude, the house has kept its terrible secrets and its darkness sealed within its walls. The crumbling summerhouse called Wild Fell, soaring above the desolate shores of Blackmore Island, has weathered the violence of the seasons for more than a century. ![]()
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